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R. & J. FARQUHAR 6* CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



VEGETABLE ROOTS AND PLANTS. 



All the roots and plants which we offer are grown under our personal supervision at our Greenhouses aud Nursery, Roslindale, Mass~ 

 They are weil grown, true to name and hardened. Packed light, to be shipped by Express, only. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Moore's Giant Cross = Bred. One year old, per 



I oo, $0.75 ; two years, 100, $1.00; 1000, $7.00. 

 Conover's Colossal. One year old, per 100, 



$0.75; two years, per ioo, $1.00 ; ioco, $7.00. 

 The Hub. One year old, per 100, $1.00 ; two 



years, per 100, $1.25; per icoo, $7.50. 

 Palmetto. One year old, per 100, $0.75; two 



years, per 100, #1.25 ; per 1000, $7.50. 



LETTUCE PLANTS Doz. $0.20; 100, $1.00. 

 ONION-SETS. 



Prices Variable. 



"These are small onions grown the previous year, ripened off 

 and taken up when mere bulblets. They produce a very early 

 crop, and grow in any good soil. Set them four inches apart in 

 rows one foot apart. 



Price per bushel given on application. 



Qt. Pk. 



White Sets 30 $1.50 



Yellow Sets 25 125 



Potato Onion Sets 25 1.50 



White Multiplier Sets 30 1.5c 



Shallots 25 1.25 



Garlic Bunch, .25. 



PEPPER PLANTS, Doz. $0.50; 100, $3.00. 



ASPARAGUS. 



TARRAGON PLANTS. 



Mint. 



each; Si. 2 5 per doz 



French Estragon. Plants of our own growing of the genuine 

 French Tarragon. The leaves impart a delicious flavor to 

 salads, soups, pickles, etc. Plants, well established, 25 cents 

 each; dozen, $2.50. By mail, 5 cents extra. 



SWEET POTATOES. Rooted Slips. 



The young plants should be set about the ioth of May in hills about four 

 feet apart, and five inches above the ground level. A light soil and sunny loca- 

 tion is preferable. Plants not ready till May. 



Yellow Nansemond. Early; productive; the best for gen- 

 eral culture. Price per 100, 75 cents. By mail. $1.00. 



CHIVES. 



Grown for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is re- 

 quired. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they will grow 

 readily and increase. Perfectly hardy, and should be in every garden. 



Chrves ; Roots. Per bunch, .15; per dozen bunches, $1.00. 



EGG PLANTS. ^ D 



Doz. Per ioo 



Black Pekin $1.00 $6.00 



New York Improved 1.00 6.00 



HORSE RADISH. 



Crown from small pieces of the roots. Plant the sets fifteen 

 inches apart in rows two-and-a-half feet apart. 



Small Sets. Per dozen, 10 cents ; per 100, 50 cents. 

 Jetusalem Artichoke. (Heliantkus tuberosus). 

 Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20; peck, Si. 00 



CABBAGE PLANTS. 



Early Jersey Wakefield 



Henderson's Summer 



Fottler's Brunswick 



Stone Mason 20 1.00 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 

 Victoria and Linnaeus. .20 each ; S2.0C per doz. 



Vol mailable. 



TARRAGON. 



Doz. Per ioo 

 So. 20 Si. OO 



.20 I.OO 



.20 1.00 



CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. Doz Perioo 



Earliest Erfurt 25 



Early Snowball . 25 



CELERY PLANTS. 



Boston Market 20 



Golden Self=Blanching 20 



White Plume 20 



I.OO 



1.00 

 1.00 



TOHATO PLANTS. 



Doz. Per roc 



Acme $0.30 $2 00 



Boston Harket 30 



Dwarf Champion 30. 



Favorite 30 



Perfection 30 



Trophy 30 



Monarch Rhubarb; True Plants. A pleasing surprise awaits all who grow this splendid Rhubarb for the 

 first time, and who give it good, rich treatment. The size, delicious tenderness, and juicy quality of the stalks 

 when cooked, place the Monarch in the foremost rank. A customer, a leading grower writes us : — " The 

 Monarch h kubat b is extraordinarily large, very tender and juicy. Jt was the admiration of all 7vho saw it. 

 In a word, it is the largest and finest I have ever grcnvtt." 1 .25 each ; S2.5C per doz. 



2.00 

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